More Info →Child Brothers Ltd automatic metal loader working in metal pit, Albert Street

Description

It is thought the loader is the first Barber-Greene bucket loader in New Zealand and the metal pit is on the riverbank at the end of Albert Street. Child Bros, Carriers and Fuel Merchants, were established in 1919 in McGiffert Street by Mr E G Child and his sons W J and E G Child. A metal crushing depot and plant was later opened in Albert Street, near the Manawatu River. The business later became known as Child Metal Ltd.

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

Public Photograph Collection Bc 57

Date

circa 1924

Digitisation ID

2007N_Bc57_WOR_0082

Held In

"Coolstore"